For help logging in and using the graphical environments in CSIL, you can see one of these tutorials:
You also might might these resources helpful for Unix and Linux commands (as far as we're concerned, you use the same commands in Unix and Linux). They aren't specific to CSIL, but Unix is pretty much Unix:
- Unix Tutorial for Beginners or a local mirror of the Unix Tutorial for Beginners (Suggestion: go through sections 1, 2, 4, 6 of this tutorial.)
- Unix Tutorial Center
- Linux/Unix Tutorial Site
- Unix Reference Desk